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🎓 Welcome to the official page for the RPI Class of 1979! Reconnect with classmates, share memories, and stay up to date on reunion plans, class news, and our big 50 Year Reunion. Invite fellow ’79 alumni to follow, contribute, and join the conversation!
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Bold new look. Same RPI spirit. 
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Vibrant, very vibrant!
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Fascinating! Robin Kemper, @Mary Bloom, and CE classmates might especially enjoy.
The Erie Canal was built by laborers and engineers that had little to no experience in building canals. They learned by traveling to England, reading books or learning …
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What an amazing RPI Reunion and Bicentennial Celebration we had!
So many memories from this year, but this one is definitely our favorite...
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'79 Rulez won in the prize round thanks to @Michael McCabe's answer to this trivia question in the sudden death round last night! Do you know the answer?
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The RPI campus is hopping with their new IBM System One quantum computer! It is made possible by yet another generous donation from NVIDA cofounder Curtis Priem (RPI BS…
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Joe Campbell
It's great to see RPI's Quantum Computing Club. https://www.instagram.com/rpiquantum/
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Thanks to Joe Cassavaugh for this important COVID information featuring our Class Movie - Say it!
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Jeff Shapiro gave a magical dinner talk from the Disney perspective on the importance of 1) following your passion, 2) knowing yourself, and 3) keeping connected to you…
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An email was sent out Monday suggesting that anger at RPI President Shirley Ann Jackson is motivated by her race and gender.
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The Grand Marshal's response to the letter sent to alumni…
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Disheartened by RPI’s lack of understanding
On Monday night, RPI alumni from around the world opened their inboxes to find a forwarded email accusing them of racism, sexism, and heightism for discontinuing support of their alma mater during Dr. Jackson’s tenure as president. I would be remiss not to address this as I interact and work with ...
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Wow, look at this - Class of '79 makes the cover of RPI News! Way to go guys!
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The official results are unknown, but if one goes by the number of people in the class photographs at Reunion, only the Fifty Year Class of 1964 had more people at Reunion than Class of 1979:
'49: 8 '54: 23 '59: 12 '64: 64 (coincidence?) '69:14 '74:~25 '79:55 '84:20 '89:15 '94:13 '99:3 (3? did someone not get the memo?) '04:8 '09:16. And we know lots of people were at the banquet Friday but not at FanFest Saturday.
So do we aim for 79 classmates in the picture for our 50th in another 15 years?
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Must be done. Before the Zombie invasion...
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RPI Class of 1979 added 38 new photos — with Ellen Breves and 11 others in Troy, NY.
Class of 79 Dinner / FanFest & Class Photo Session
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'79 does the Limbo!!
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RPI Class of 1979 added 2 new photos — with Paul Sicard.
Our 30-year reunion class picture, taken 3 October 2009, following the East Campus Athletic Village ribbon-cutting dedication ceremony and the Celebration of Classes Parade.
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Wendy Mackler Cieslak
Wow, it's great to see and hear you guys play again! Outstanding!
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Michael McCrave
Glad to see I had fun...LOoking forward to the next one in person (beer tastes better!)
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Along the new walkway/midway in front of the new ECAV Arena. Toward the end you can see the back of the huge bleachers for the new athletic field.
- 10/3/09, noon
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